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MPR News keeps track of the latest education news in Minnesota so you can understand the events shaping the future of learning and how it impacts students at any level.

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Augsburg students set off for semester on the river

The students will spend about half of their 2,000-mile trip traveling the Mississippi River in canoes. They expect to reach New Orleans by December.
by Tim Post

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How schools are handling an 'overparenting' crisis

How schools are handling an 'overparenting' crisis

Two new books, "The Gift of Failure" and "How To Raise An Adult," argue that too many children are being given too much.

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How should high school education be redesigned?

How should high school education be redesigned?

If you had the chance to build the secondary education system from scratch what would it look like?
by R.T. Rybak

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Schools scramble to find teachers as classes begin

Schools scramble to find teachers as classes begin

During the recession, hundreds of thousands of teachers in states like California and North Carolina lost their jobs. But, now those same states are urgently trying to fill teaching jobs in an economy where fewer people want to teach.

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MPR forum: Latinos and education

MPR forum: Latinos and education

Chris Farrell and Alberto Monserrate co-host a discussion about education and Latinos. Teachers and students all over Minnesota are headed back to school this week and next. What's working, and what lessons can we all learn about how best to teach all of Minnesota's children?

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Two-thirds of St. Paul schools to offer free lunch for all students

The district is expanding its participation in a federal program that offers free lunches for schools with high rates of poverty.
by Peter Cox

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Mpls. students head back to school, assessment scores flat

Interim Minneapolis superintendent Michael Goar is confident his district is on the right track as it begins the first year of a five-year plan to increase student achievement.
by Tim Post

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St. Cloud Somalis hope bullying won't return for new school year

St. Cloud Somalis hope bullying won't return for new school year

About 100 mostly Somali students walked out of St. Cloud's Technical High School in March complaining of ongoing harassment over their race and religion. The district's made changes. Will they work?
by Peter Cox

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